Go to mediabankUS and Russian flags. File photoWASHINGTON, Sep 6 Dialogue between Russia and the United States on prisoner exchanges has not stopped since the departure of US Ambassador John Sullivan from Moscow, Vedant Patel, deputy head of the press service of the State Department, said at a briefing Tuesday. «U.S. government continues to urge Russia to release illegally convicted Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan. Discussions (after Sullivan's departure) continue,» he said. Bout, but Russia allegedly requested another compatriot. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov earlier called on his US colleague for «quiet diplomacy» rather than public discussion in this regard. After leaving Moscow, Sullivan will end a 40-year career in public service. Until the arrival of the ambassador's successor, Elizabeth Rood will act as Chargé d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Moscow.
